guErRilla candy is Travis Hay's one-stop destination for opinionated and informed musing about all things music, ranging from noteworthy news bits about the local scene to rants about how the national music media gets more things wrong than it does right.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Soundgarden is back after a long, 16-year hiatus. Yesterday one of the first published reviews of Soundgarden’s new album, King Animal, was posted here on Guerrilla Candy. As expected the record sounds great and it will please the ears of Soundgarden fans old and new. But don’t take my […]
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Any doubt Soundgarden would return with a fire in their bellies ready to rock and roll is removed early on. The record opens with lead single “Been Away Too Long” which is both commentary on the band itself and a solid indicator of the amount of heavy you’re going to get with King Animal. “Non-State Actor” and “By […]
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Billy Corgan is bringing The Smashing Pumpkins tour behind its latest album, Oceania, stateside and the tour’s firs U.S. show is happening at Everett’s Comcast Arena Oct. 10. The record is a bit of a return to form for the Pumpkins as it features several songs that sound like throwbacks to the band’s “Melancholy and the […]
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The always entertaining Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are making their return to Seattle this weekend. The band, which released its sophomore record, Here, earlier this summer, will headline a bill at Marymoor Park Saturday with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Ed Sharpe and the Zeros put on a phenomanally fun live show and […]
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My Morning Jacket are one of the greatest American rock bands making music today and they’re coming to town Friday night. Even better, they are coming town to play Marymoor Park, which is King County’s finest outdoor venue. And even better than that, hometown hip-hop heroes Shabazz Palaces are opening for Jim James and Co. […]
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The first day of the 42nd annual Bumbershoot was filled with great music (I’m talking about you Don’t Talk to the Cops, The Heavy and King Khan and the Shrines), some minor tweaks to the festival grounds (no EMP Sky Church this year) and of course lots of fun people watching. Here’s a rundown of some of […]
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Silversun Pickups released their third studio record, Neck of the Woods, earlier this year. The album received mixed critical response with some critics dissing the album for one of the worst reasons ever to diss an album– because it didn’t sound enough like the band’s previous albums. That reason is exactly why like the record, […]
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Macklemore’s videos have always been mini-events in the local music world and rightfully so since most of them are pretty great. Here, in the clip for “Thrift Shop,” he’s seen sporting his Goodwill game with some killer secondhand threads. My favorite featured outfit has to be the Batman onesie with the footies. What? You know you’d […]
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